In response to the Walker Evans and Darren Harvey-Regan research, I have taken a range of different photos of objects and narrowed them down to my best seven images that I have edited and developed in lightroom.

Below are examples of Walker Evans’ work, I have used them to get an idea and compare my work with his to try and make mine match the style of his.

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I have edited my final images by using a black and white pre-set filter and then adjusting the strength of the shadows and highlights, textures and exposure.

I have used a low sensitivity in my images so that they ended up looking sharp and not grainy. I’ve used a range of tone and texture in my images to try and capture the style of Walker Evans.

I experimented with the layout of my objects with the aim of trying to make them look 3D by placing an object on top of the other as well as positioning them in different ways. I had kept a white background to try and contrast with the darker objects to try and make them stand out more.

I have cropped the images so that the objects stayed in the middle of the image and are the main focus point. I have also left some shadow in the background to try and keep depth in the images too.

Best Image

I have chosen this as my best image because it looks the most appealing and accurate to Walker Evans’ style.

I have kept the layout simple like Evans’ own images and adjusted the tone to make it darker and tried to keep the highlights bright but still a bit muted.

I experimented with the contrast of the background and the tool itself to try making the object stand out more. I’ve also confined the background to keep the attention on the object.

I’ve also kept the shadows in the background to try and mimic the old or worn affect that Evans’ has in his own images, I’ve also done this to try and keep texture in the background.